[1] Artists recording at the studio included Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention, Larry Coryell, Allen Ginsberg, and The Fugs.
Townley, who had moved to New York City to study guitar with Reverend Gary Davis, was immersed in the mid-1960s Greenwich Village music community, associating with Peter La Farge, David Crosby, Fred Neil, and Vince Martin, and working with various artists, including Peter Tork, David Blue, and Jay Ungar before becoming a member of The Magicians in 1965.
Lou Lindauer, who would go on to co-found API with Saul Walker, not only advised the construction of the new studio, but designed and built the recording console,[1] which featured a separate performers' cue system that provided the monitoring necessary for facilitating overdubs--a feature not common on mixing consoles at that time.
[5] Apostolic Studios' independent, non-corporate style attracted numerous artists to record there, including Frank Zappa and The Mothers of Invention,[1] the Grateful Dead,[6] Larry Coryell, Allen Ginsberg, and The Fugs.
[7] In March 1969, Townley returned to his original musical inspiration when he persuaded Reverend Gary Davis to his first recording studio session in five years.